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Anti-ADDL monoclonal antibody and use thereof

a monoclonal antibody and anti-addl technology, applied in the field of anti-addl monoclonal antibody, can solve the problems of incongruent mechanism and lethal effect of analogous fibrils generated in vitro on cultured brain neurons

Active Publication Date: 2010-06-08
MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
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[0007]Methods for preventing binding of Aβ-derived diffusible ligands to a neuron and inhibiting assembly of Aβ-derived diffusible ligands employing an antibody or antibody fragment which binds a multi-dimensional conformation of one or more Aβ-derived diffusible ligands are also provided.
[0008]The present invention further embraces a method for prophylactically or therapeutically treating a disease associated with Aβ-derived diffusible ligands using an antibody of the instant invention. Administration of an antibody of the invention can prevent binding of Aβ-derived diffusible ligands to a neuron thereby preventing or treating the disease associated with Aβ-derived diffusible ligands.

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Analogous fibrils generated in vitro are lethal to cultured brain neurons.
Such findings are not consistent with a mechanism for memory loss dependent on neuron death caused by amyloid fibrils.

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[0084]ADDL Preparation. ADDLs in F12 medium (Biosource, Camarillo, Calif.) were prepared from Aβ1-42 in accordance with established methods (Lambert, et al. (2001) supra). Briefly, Aβ1-42 peptide (American Peptide Co., Sunnyvale, Calif. or California Peptide Research, Inc., Napa, Calif.) was weighed and placed in a glass vial capable of holding a sufficient quantity of HFIP (1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol) to achieve a peptide concentration of 10 mg / mL. HFIP was added to the dry peptide, the vial was capped and gently swirl to mix, and the peptide / HFIP solution was stored at room temperature for at least one hour. Aliquots (50 or 100 μL, 0.5 or 1.0 mg, respectively) of peptide solution was dispensed into a series of 1.5 mL conical centrifuge tubes. The tubes were placed in a SPEEDVAC® overnight to remove the HFIP. Tubes containing the dried peptide film were capped and stored at −70° C. in a sealed container with dessicant.

[0085]Prior to use, the Aβ1-...

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Isolation of Mouse Antibody Variable Region Sequences

[0092]The cDNAs coding for the variable domains of the 20C2 mouse antibody were cloned and sequenced following a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using specially designed primers that hybridize to the 5′-ends of the mouse constant regions and to the murine leader sequences upstream of the V regions. This ensured that the mouse variable region sequences obtained were complete and accurate. In short, mRNA was extracted from mouse hybridoma cell lines using the QIAGEN® OLIGOTEX® Direct mRNA Mini Kit and subsequently converted to cDNA using a first-strand cDNA synthesis kit. The cDNA was then used as template in PCR reactions to obtain the antibody variable region sequences.

[0093]To obtain the light chain variable region sequence, eleven independent PCR reactions were set up using each of the eleven light chain 5′ PCR primers (MKV-1 to MKV-11) and the 3′ PCR primer MKC-1 (Table 1).

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TABLE 1SEQ5′IDPrimerSequenceNO:MKV-1GAT CTC TAG A...

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Humanization of Mouse Anti-ADDL Antibody Variable Region Sequences

[0098]Mouse antibody heavy and light variable domain nucleic acids obtained from mouse hybridoma cell line 20C2 were humanized using a CDR grafting approach. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that humanization of mouse antibody sequences can maximize the therapeutic potential of an antibody by improving its serum half-life and Fc effector functions thereby reducing the anti-globulin response.

[0099]Humanization by CDR grafting was carried out by selecting the human light and heavy chain variable regions from the NCBI protein database with the highest homology to the mouse variable domains. The mouse variable region sequences were compared to all human variable region sequences in the database using the protein-protein Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST). Subsequently, mouse CDRs were joined to the human framework regions and the preliminary amino acid sequence was analyzed. All differences betwee...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of Aβ-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLS, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid β 1-42.

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[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 256,332, filed Oct. 21, 2005, which claims the benefit of priority from U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60 / 652,538, filed Feb. 14, 2005, whose contents are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive and degenerative dementia (Terry, et al. (1991) Ann. Neurol. 30:572-580; Coyle (1987) In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Adelman (ed.), Birkhäuser, Boston-Basel-Stuttgart, pp 29-31). In its early stages, Alzheimer's Disease manifests primarily as a profound inability to form new memories (Selkoe (2002) Science 298:789-791), reportedly due to neurotoxins derived from amyloid beta (Aβ). Aβ is an amphipathic peptide whose abundance is increased by mutations and risk factors linked to Alzheimer's Disease. Fibrils formed from Aβ constitute the core of amyloid plaques, which are hallmarks of an Alzheimer's Disease br...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61K39/395C07K16/18G01N33/53
CPCC07K16/18G01N33/5058A61K2039/505C07K2316/96C07K2317/24C07K2317/34G01N2800/2821C07K2317/565C07K2317/92G01N2800/2814C07K2317/55C07K2317/76A61P25/28
Inventor KINNEY, GENESTROHL, WILLIAM R.AN, ZHIQIANG
Owner MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
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